Wileyfox

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UK-based manufacturer Wileyfox, details of Wileyfox's first product launch which will be revealing its first Android handset tomorrow in London, "A new pure play mobile phone brand, sold online only, across Western Europe and North America




http://wileyfox.com/

Gareth Keenan

got one of these delivered on Friday. Nice build quality and a fast responsive experience, but battery life looks a bit sh!te. Rated at 2500 mAh.

Dual SIM is my main requirement, so if anyone has a better suggestion, please let me know. I moved from a Moto G2

coldfire1x

Looks interesting. How long the battery lasts?

droidman123

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

got one of these delivered on Friday. Nice build quality and a fast responsive experience, but battery life looks a bit sh!te. Rated at 2500 mAh.

Dual SIM is my main requirement, so if anyone has a better suggestion, please let me know. I moved from a Moto G2

I dont know what your budget is but i have the oppo r7 plus preordered ( due for shipping 3rd week in october). It has an amazing 4100 mah battery and it has a dual sim. I have read numerous reviews and nearly all wrap up with a big positive. Its 429 euro on preorder.

Gareth Keenan

coldfire1x wrote: »

Looks interesting. How long the battery lasts?

I might have been a bit harsh initially. Having unplugged this morning around 8am it's at 68% now. Only had a couple of calls today mind you, and reasonably light usage.

It's a good phone alright - but one definite complaint is that normal micro USB chargers don't seem to fit it very well. The packaged cable's metal bit is a tiny bit longer, the attached photo might show the difference (Wileyfox charger on the right)

droidman123 wrote: »

I dont know what your budget is but i have the oppo r7 plus preordered ( due for shipping 3rd week in october). It has an amazing 4100 mah battery and it has a dual sim. I have read numerous reviews and nearly all wrap up with a big positive. Its 429 euro on preorder.

ooh that looks nice, very tempting! Will have a read into that, do you know how far away from stock Android their OS is?

droidman123

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

I might have been a bit harsh initially. Having unplugged this morning around 8am it's at 68% now. Only had a couple of calls today mind you, and reasonably light usage.

It's a good phone alright - but one definite complaint is that normal micro USB chargers don't seem to fit it very well. The packaged cable's metal bit is a tiny bit longer, the attached photo might show the difference (Wileyfox charger on the right)





ooh that looks nice, very tempting! Will have a read into that, do you know how far away from stock Android their OS is?

I have the find 7 and it also runs colour os over stock Android and tbh I find it grand .I just got an email about 20 minutes ago telling my r7 plus has shipped,when I get it I can give you a run down if you like.the r7plus also runs colour os over lollipop,but as I said I never had any problems with the find 7.

Gareth Keenan

droidman123 wrote: »

I have the find 7 and it also runs colour os over stock Android and tbh I find it grand .I just got an email about 20 minutes ago telling my r7 plus has shipped,when I get it I can give you a run down if you like.the r7plus also runs colour os over lollipop,but as I said I never had any problems with the find 7.

yes I'd love to hear your impressions of it, have fun!

unreg999

Elephone P6000 Pro... Got it yesterday, amazing Fone so far... Love it!!

Great screen, battery & speakers, super fast 3gb ram, responsive, dual sim etc

droidman123

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

yes I'd love to hear your impressions of it, have fun!

hi, I got the phone on Monday, but only fired it up yesterday because I didnt realise it took a nano sim and I had to wait for it to be posted out. first impressions...wow that screen!! its amazing and I like the color os from my find 7 days. the camera is excellent as I expected. its a really sleek phone and feels good in the hand,the finger print scanner works flawlessy.there are lots of themes installed on the phone or you can download lots more if you want to pimp the phone up.its extremely responsive and fast.now for the battery,well it lasts insanely long as you would expect from a 4100 mah.its 32 gb with expandable memory if you choose.so far I honestly cant think of any negatives although I have only had the phone up and running for 1 day.one thing that might be a downside for people is its a non removeable battery.

Extrasupervery

I'm having a bit of trouble with my Wiley swift. I've had it since November, but yesterday as I was using it the screen started to flicker and distort. Didn't drop it, no visible damage. Writing this out is giving me a headache. Any ideas?

Riesen_Meal

Extrasupervery wrote: »

I'm having a bit of trouble with my Wiley swift. I've had it since November, but yesterday as I was using it the screen started to flicker and distort. Didn't drop it, no visible damage. Writing this out is giving me a headache. Any ideas?

I'd say get onto them - are they in the UK?

Gareth Keenan

they are in the UK.

I used their service dept back in Jan, I had dropped the phone and smashed the screen. There had been a bit of a delay around launch and disappointed early birds :cool: got a free screen replacement for the first 12 months as compo. Anyway, I rang up and booked the repair and posted it off. I used a Parcel Motel address for the return, and that didn't work out great - seemed to go missing between Wileyfox and PM for a few weeks. Eventually a new unit was returned.

I had bought a 2nd one in November when the price dropped to £99 (might have been Black Friday). They sent out a free case for registering this one. Kind of stippled version of the rear of the phone with the logo etc. Added with a generic screen protector I hope not to be troubling them again.

All in all, very happy with the phone and the service the company provides. Hope to see more from them. Hope you get your issue sorted out quickly.

Gareth Keenan

just to add: the case they sent out is the black one shown on this page https://www.clove.co.uk/wileyfox-swift-case

Extrasupervery

Bit annoyed at this company, they have been very slow to respond to me about an issue with my phone, and in the meantime another arose. They keep trying to push me off by saying I have to return it to the manufacturer...aren't they the manufacturer? I've finally agreed to have them look at it but it's been such a pain, I'm completely turned off ever getting a Wileyfox phone again.